Wire-bundling machine



Milam@ A. J. GERRARD ET AL.

WIRE BUNDLING MACHINE Filed June 14 ).922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 wlwmtoz l im@ 25, 1923. ,A Mflf A. J. GERRARQ ETAL WIRE BUNDLIN MACHINE Filed June 14, 1922 2 sheets-snee@ 2 i conveyor 14. Further, since the lazy/.tongs 6 support the wire tying' machine 40, the machine is readily brought to position and disposed of after the Wire tying operation.

After the Wire and machine are in the positions illustrated, the operator then reciprocates the Wire tensioning handle 1.4, and places considerable tension on the wire, whereupon he seizes the handle or lever 15, and; twists the two parallel bights of the Wire which have entered the twisting mecha! nisnri, into a knot, in the manner Well known, whereupon the machine automatically cuts oli the bight or strand 43 and the end 45 ot the bundle 35 is thus secure-ly boundL by a Wire end portion and without the operator having been put to the necessity oft touchingv with his bands the hot and sticky bundle at all.

After the end 45 of the bundle has been thus wired in the manner disclosed, the conveyor 17 readily moves the bundle to the end 46 of the partition E20. rlhis conveyor 17 may be operated by any means not shown, or the operator may simply employ a stick to push the bundle to the end 4G oi the partition 20. lVhen the bundle has been thus brought to the end of the partition, it is shoved endwise from the conveyor 17 onto the conveyor 18 and into the position shown in Figure 3. lllhen brought to its new position, its end 4.5 will be against the partition 20', and its end 48 will overhang the outer bracket 49. 'as illustrated. The operator next pulls down the second wire tying ma# chine 50, which i5 supported by the .lazy tongs 5l, and the second Wire 52 is secured in the binding post l() of said second machine, it is carried through the twistingl mechanism thereot` through the second binding post, is entrained around the end 48 ot' the bundle 35, it is brought back to the first mentioned binding,i post l0, carried through the twisting;r mechanism, and through the Second binding! post, all as disclosed above, whereupon the parallel disposed bights of the Wire are tensioned by operating the tensioning lever 14C ot the second machine 50, and the parallel bights ot' the Wire are twisted into a knot by operating the twisting lever l5, ofsaid second'machine, all in the manner above disclosed.

The surplus length. of the Wire is automatically cut off by the machine, and the bundle 35 is thus provided with a second Wire on its other end, under tension. and securely tied in a knot, all as above disclosed.

It will thus be clear that with the appa.- ratus above disclosed` and by manipulatingn Lavamathe saine in the manner set forth, lone is enabled to handle hot bundles of shingles or of other material, Whether they be coated with tar or not, without touching the same, and he is enabled to provide both ends of said bundles with tie wires .ready for shipment with great celerity and eilieiency.

lt is convenient to raise and lower the partition Q0 for different heights of bundles, in that they can be manipulated more easily, when the partition does not extend too high above the top surfaces of .the bundles being Wired,l and especially is it desirable and even necessary to lower said partition 20 when the bundles are so long,r that they Will not rest upon the single conveyor 17. That is, in the case of very long bundles, it is necessary to lower the partition down below the surfaces of the conveyors 17 and 18 and permit. the bundles to` rest on both the oonveyors 17 and 18, With their ends overhang' ingr. 0n the other hand, when the bundles are short, as illustrated, it is very desirable to get the overhanging ends all insubstantially the same plane, and by raising the partition to the position shown, one ma1 take a stick or other instrument, and push all .the ends of the shingles against said partition, and thus make a. smlooth and sightly bundle, all as will be readily apparent from the abovedisclosure.

lt is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction as well as the arrangement of parts Without departing from the spirit of the-invention, and therefore We do not Wish to be limited to the above disclosure except as may be required by the claims.

lVhat we cla-im is:

1. ln a bundling machine for hot or sticky articles, the combination of a support beyond which said articles may project; a wire tying machine positioned above said support provided with means for holding1 and securn ing together two bghts of a Wire; and a vertically positioned partition against which the ends of said articles may be abutted, substantially as described.

2. In a bundling; machine for hot or sticky articles, the combination of a support over which ono'end of said articles may project when bundled; a partition against which the other end of said articles may be abutted to properly position the same in the bundle; a second support above said first named support; and means for adjustubly suspending a wire tying machine from said second support, substantially as described.

3. ln a bundling machine for hot or sticky articles. the combination of a support beyond which said articles may project; a wire tying' machine positioned above said support. provided with means l'or holding and securing together two bights of a Wire; a vertically positioned partition against which th@ @ms i means fm zim, Suhs'mm 4.1, Emmi sa paix? of wir@ yingmachnes posimoned abc-v@ mi@ supports adzmpd to apply wies Ae pwjeclng ends of said araclas, sub- Smmi; as descbed.

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